Definition of Curvetting

1. curvet [v] - See also: curvet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Curvetting

curveballing
curved
curved shape
curvedly
curvedness
curveless
curvelet
curvelets
curves
curvet
curveted
curveting
curvets
curvetted
curvetting (current term)
curvey
curvicaudate
curvicostate
curvier
curviest
curviform
curvilinead
curvilineads
curvilineal
curvilinear
curvilinear correlation
curvilinear regression
curvilinearities
curvilinearity

Literary usage of Curvetting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1815)
"... He spurns the ground, as of his burden vain, And champs his golden bit with proud disdain; Then, high curvetting, seems to tread on air ; • This ardent ..."

2. New English and Italian Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary by John Millhouse, Ferdinando Bracciforti (1889)
"... curvet (the curvetting of a Certo, -a, a. short, brief; ... «m. curvetting, bounding horse Corvo, ..."

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